71.   In a procedural vote Friday, the Communists failed to get enough votes to change the vote to an open ballot.

72.   In a procedural vote Friday, the Communists failed to get enough votes to change the vote from a secret to an open ballot.

73.   In a procedural vote last week, the Communists failed to get enough votes to change the vote from a secret to an open ballot.

74.   Shays said he would join them but it was unclear how many other Republicans would buck their leadership on a purely procedural vote.

75.   Still, it is customary for party discipline to prevail on procedural votes, and highly unusual for the majority party to lose such a vote.

76.   Supporters of the bill tried to defeat the ground rules, a procedural vote on which party loyalty is customary.

77.   Two lawmakers complained about the obscure procedural vote that was used to decide the matter, and only one said he opposed the raise itself.

78.   When the proposal was first submitted to parliament, conservatives were able to scuttle it on a procedural vote because so few Socialists bothered to show up.

79.   A key procedural vote was set for Wednesday afternoon.

80.   Daschle said there is very little expectation that the stimulus package will win key procedural votes set for Wednesday.